# Postgress support?

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/postgress-support/6796>\
**Category:** Documentation\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/postgress-support/6796 "2022-09-07T03:54:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![fyrfli](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/fyrfli/32/2212_2.png) [@fyrfli](https://discuss.write.as/u/fyrfli)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/postgress-support/6796/1 "2022-09-07T03:54:56Z")

</div>

I notice your code has references to PostgreSQL but the documentation does not mention this addition. Do you have someone working on that aspect of updating the documentation? Or do you guys need help?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/postgress-support/6796/2 "2022-09-12T17:29:51Z")

</div>

No one working on it at the moment… I think this was the last discussion about it:

> [@PostgreSQL support](https://discuss.write.as/t/postgresql-support/1260):
>
> For anyone who wants to [add PostgreSQL support](https://discuss.write.as/t/db-postgresql-support/184) to WriteFreely, here’s a basic walkthrough. First, modify WriteFreely to connect to a PostgreSQL database. Change your [database] type config value to something like “postgresql” Check for this new driver value inside [connectToDatabase() in app.go](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/blob/e51e58386ebd7299f5f18de1ab6aee6c057f968c/app.go#L750-L767) Import the [github.com/lib/pq](https://github.com/lib/pq) library in app.go Connect to the PostgreSQL database Compile the app Without any other modifications, see what breaks: Run ./writefreely db init and see if it succeeds …